The Reluctant Healer

2020 Gold Medalist, Independent Publisher Book Awards ("IPPY")
2020 Winner, National Indie Excellence Awards (New Age Fiction)
2020 Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards (Inspirational Fiction)
2020 Finalist, Da Vinci Eye Award (Eric Hoffer Foundation)
2019 Winner, International Book Awards (General Fiction and Inspirational Fiction)
2019 Winner, New York City Big Book Award (General Fiction)
Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2018
Between Doubt and Belief
The Reluctant Healer tells the story of a young attorney who is torn between mounting evidence that he has the spiritual ability to heal others and his life-long skepticism of alternative views. Will Alexander is cautious and conventional. But when he meets Erica, a beautiful, intense energy healer, he becomes troubled not only by her unorthodox endeavors but also by the limitations of his own existence. Amidst this turmoil, Will is startled to discover that he may possess metaphysical gifts of healing that confront the narrow doctrines of his regulated life.

The Reluctant Healer paints a portrait of a reasonable man who traces a path between skepticism and belief. Flawed, funny, and agnostic, Will distrusts much of the alternative world, even as he struggles internally with phenomena that challenge both his sense of self and his orderly perspective. Will’s love for Erica, the exposure to her world, and his newfound powers place his life in a state of uncertainty, teetering between disruption and liberation.